PEORIAPeoria police sergeant's photo prompts Secret Service probe - A post on the Facebook page of veteran Peoria police Sgt. Pat Shearer depicting the photo of seven Centennial High School students in Peoria, four with guns and one holding up a T-shirt with a bullet-riddled image of President Barack Obama, was brought to the U.S. Secret Service's attention by a citizen in late January | FULL STORY >>

SOUTHWEST VALLEYInmate, 19, dead; baby drowned in Avondale - Forrest Day, a 19-year-old female inmate, whose baby drowned in a bathtub three years ago after she left him unattended, was found dead in late January from a possible suicide, said Arizona Department of Corrections officials. | FULL STORY >>

PEORIAPeoria Unified district to clarify dress code for teachers - The in the Peoria Unified School District looked considered new rules governing what teachers and staff wear in the classroom and at various school functions. The district eventually adopted a policy that outlines everything from inappropriate footwear to how much skin a blouse or skirt should expose. | FULL STORY >>

SOUTHWEST VALLEYMiniature dog's plight opens hearts - To get through the beginning, you need to know how it ends. Happily. And it went through a chain of Arizona generosity that stretched from Tolleson to Phoenix to Scottsdale to Paradise Valley to Fountain Hills to the online community and back, providing food, water, transportation, surgery and $17,000 worth of hope. | FULL STORY >>

SURPRISE/NORTHWEST VALLEYDPS identifies 2 Surprise 16-year-old boys killed in crash - Two Surprise teens heading to a hockey game on March 12 died in an collision near Loop 303 and Olive Avenue. Donald Todd Austin was driving the car that collided with a semitruck, a Department of Public Safety official said. Brendan Parrish was a passenger. Both boys died. | FULL STORY >>

SURPRISE/NORTHWEST VALLEYSurprise man uses martial arts on intruder - David Jennings (pictured) fought off an armed intruder who entered his home in the middle of the night. The man who broke into the Jenningses' home in the middle of the night had the misfortune to run into someone with some experience with fighting. | FULL STORY >>

SURPRISEMost stolen vehicles in Arizona - According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the Valley ranked No. 60 among 366 U.S. metropolitan areas in auto thefts. Want to know if your vehicle is among the most stolen in the state? Here are the top 10 most stolen vehicles in Arizona. | FULL STORY >>

PEORIADeputy kills armed man at home near Peoria
- A Maricopa County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man armed with an assault rifle on Sept. 9 after he opened fire on officers at a home near the Loop 303 and Happy Valley Road, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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